The potential of wheat spatial omics - Nature Genetics This study highlights the Wheat Spatial Omics Consortium, which aims to build a spatiotemporal single-cell atlas of wheat in response to different treatments, thereby contributing to the development o...

The potential of #wheat #spatial #omics

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First complete genome loaded onto a quantum computer

Researchers encode the tiny hepatitis D virus in an early step toward “quantum genomics”

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Scientists stunned by ‘fundamentally new way’ life produces DNA Newly discovered bacterial defense system challenges genetic code’s central dogma

Scientists stunned by ‘fundamentally new way’ life produces DNA | Science | AAAS

Newly discovered bacterial defense system challenges genetic code’s central dogma

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OpenAI starts offering a biology-tuned LLM GPT-Rosalind is an LLM trained on biology workflows, available in closed access.

OpenAI starts offering a biology-tuned LLM

GPT-Rosalind is an LLM trained on biology workflows, available in closed access.

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Antibiotic resistance among germs swells during droughts, study suggests Study links two crises: Climate change and antibiotic-resistant infections.

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MBARI researchers contribute to Deutsche Bank global eDNA sampling initiative • MBARI Scientists in MBARI’s Biological Oceanography Group contributed eDNA samples, data, and expertise to a new global marine biodiversity monitoring program led by Deutsche Bank, Germany’s SailGP team, th...

MBARI scientists contributed eDNA samples, data, and expertise to a global marine biodiversity monitoring program led by Deutsche Bank that aims to inform future ocean conservation efforts. 🧬🌊

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Genes from giant viruses help polar algae survive frigid waters and harsh sunlight A prior infection may create lasting, beneficial evolutionary change in these hardy microbes

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Who let the wolves in? Genetic record for domestic dogs pushed back by 5,000 years The oldest ancient dog genomes on record all come from a population that lived alongside Ice Age hunter-gatherers across Europe and the Middle East.

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Ryugu asteroid samples contain all DNA and RNA building blocks, bolstering origin-of-life theories All the essential ingredients to make the DNA and RNA underpinning life on Earth have been discovered in samples collected from the asteroid Ryugu, scientists said Monday.

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Ryugu asteroid samples contain all DNA and RNA building blocks, bolstering origin-of-life theories

Many scientists now use AI but fail to disclose it, study finds When scientists employ generative AI tools like ChatGPT to help with tasks such as editing and translation for their academic writing, many journals now ask them to disclose this assistance. The rules...

Many scientists now use AI but fail to disclose it, study finds phys.org/news/2026-03...

New Method Could Improve U.S. Forecasting of West Nile Virus - Eos An innovative model uses regional climate data and records of West Nile virus neuroinvasive disease to outperform existing forecasts, potentially helping communities prepare.

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Bacterial strain from 5,000-year-old cave ice shows resistance against 10 modern antibiotics Bacteria have evolved to adapt to all of Earth's most extreme conditions, from scorching heat to temperatures well below zero. Ice caves are just one of the environments hosting a variety of microorga...

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Tiny, 45 base long RNA can make copies of itself Self-copying RNAs may have been a key stop along the pathway to life.

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New OpenAI tool renews fears that “AI slop” will overwhelm scientific research New "Prism" workspace launches just as studies show AI-assisted papers are flooding journals with diminished quality.

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Life Invisible: the fight against superbugs starts in the driest place on Earth – documentary Cristina Dorador is on an urgent mission in the world’s driest desert, the Atacama in Chile. As the rise of drug-resistant superbugs kills millions per year, Cristina has made it her mission to uncove...

The fight against superbugs starts in the driest place on earth

Cristina Dorador is on an urgent mission in the Atacama in Chile. As the rise of drug-resistant superbugs kills millions per year, Cristina’s mission to uncover new, life-saving antibiotics

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Humans in southern Africa were an isolated population until recently A distinct population that was isolated until the last thousand years or so.

Humans in southern Africa were an isolated population until recently
A distinct population that was isolated until the last thousand years or so.

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This Microbe 'Plays Dead' in NASA Clean Rooms, and We May Have Sent It to Mars 18 years ago, a sneaky bacteria infiltrated some of the cleanest places on Earth. Scientists finally know how.

This Microbe ‘Plays Dead’ in NASA Clean Rooms, and We May Have Sent It to Mars
18 years ago, a sneaky bacteria infiltrated some of the cleanest places on Earth. Scientists finally know how.

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Many genes associated with dog behavior influence human personalities, too But the specific behaviors linked may be completely unrelated.

Many genes associated with dog behavior influence human personalities, too

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The Black Death was history's most lethal plague. Now scientists say they know where it started | CBC Radio Gravestones in a cemetery in Kyrgyzstan, several years before the plague broke out in Eurasia and Africa, identified people who died of a "pestilence." Their remains preserved microbial DNA from the b...

The Black Death was history's most lethal plague. Now scientists say they know where it started

Ancient DNA has identified the earliest victims of the Black Plague in Kyrgyzstan in central Asia

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How Algae Helped Some Life Outlast Extinction - Eos Cooler waters near Norway’s north provided a refuge for phytoplankton during the Great Dying, a new study suggests.

How Algae Helped Some Life Outlast Extinction
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AI spots ‘ghost’ signatures of ancient life on Earth Find could revolutionize search for early life on our planet and elsewhere in the cosmos

AI spots ‘ghost’ signatures of ancient life on Earth

A lovely chain of Lauderia annulata diatoms.
#marineplankton 🦑

Postdoctoral position in Palaeo-population genomics at the Center for the Human Past - Uppsala University Postdoctoral position in Palaeo-population genomics at the Center for the Human Past, Department of Organismal Biology, Uppsala University

#Vacancies: we are looking for not just one but three #postdoctoral researchers interested in bridging #genetics, #archaeology and #linguistics in exploring the #humanpast. shorturl.at/B3Qdd @haam-community.bsky.social @cschlebu.bsky.social

Metal scaffolds turn bacteria into live wires Mud-dwelling cable bacteria construct metal organic frameworks to grow

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How a humble weed became a superstar of biology Arabidopsis thaliana was always an unlikely candidate for the limelight. But 25 years ago, the diminutive thale cress launched the botanical world into the molecular era.

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Powerful new antibiotic that can kill superbugs discovered in soil bacteria Surprise discovery could pave the way for new treatments against drug-resistant infections.

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bacteria move by swimming, twitching, gliding/sliding, ...and now by 'swashing'
go figure!
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Some stinkbugs’ legs carry a mobile fungal garden A dedicated organ grows the fungus, which deters parasitic wasps.

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